The age old truism “A picture is worth a thousand words” is once again up for debate. Sarah Kendzior, writing for Politico, threw down the gauntlet in the article “The Day We Pretended to Care About Ukraine,” in which she criticizes the use of “apocalypsticles” to cover events in Ukraine as mere clickbait. Emily Bell responded in The Guardian, writing that listicles are valuable precisely because they are accessible, and to criticize a media form for catering to non-elites is “perverse.”

How two Democratic tech gurus would fix HealthCare.gov; how the NSA scandal is threatening US-Europe relations; how a Syrian Kurd living in exile built a mobile tool that alerts subscribers in Syria when a government-fired Scud missile is headed their way; and much, much more. Read More

In January 25 they were the face of the Egyptian revolution. Young, tech savvy, fluent in English, Cairo-based activists tweeted constant updates from the streets of the Egyptian capital. Their photos, videos and live reporting catapulted many of them to celebrity, especially after Hosni Mubarak resigned. Where are they today? Read More

Here in the U.S., it's not uncommon for groups of people who talk to each other on Twitter to meet in person at "Tweetups." In Egypt, to keep a revolution alive in the face of resurgent opposition from the military, ... Read More

On Global Voices, Amira Al Hussaini explains the #UnfollowedGhonimBecause hashtag floating around, having to do with the former Google exec turned Egyptian revolution figure who, in fact, earned a mention in Obama's big ... Read More

Over on Foreign Policy, David Kenner breaks down the view that YouTube gives us on the Arab Street. Kenner plucks out nine videos from everywhere from Bahrain to Egypt to Libya, and, importantly, tells us why they ... Read More

In an interview on CNN with Fareed Zakaria, Malcolm Gladwell re-ups on the idea that the social nature of modern communications doesn't have much to do with revolutions. "I can't look in the past at social ... Read More